it's been more than two weeks . . .
It must be time to post more links!
News, Science, and Items of Interest:
How to Destroy the Book, by Cory Doctorow
"It’s basically a way of saying that copyright is nonsense, and that readers should stop paying attention to it, and only agree to these crazy, abusive licenses."
Celebrity Impact Rankings
"Justin Timberlake’s support for his favored charity is worth $9.3 million. Paris Hilton’s? $538."
True Love Waits... And The Rest Of Us Get On With Our Sex Lives
"I want to express my gratitude that in my world, having sex with someone, lots of times, before you settle down with them for the long haul, is generally considered, not only normal and acceptable, but sensible, obvious, and even self-evident."
Traffic Accidents As Social Interactions Gone Wrong
"The single biggest predictor [of driving-related deaths] was not statewide alcohol problems, safety belt use, number of older drivers or wealth, but the murder rate."
Poetry, Music, and Art:
Deadline - vid - technopop, fun with post-its, geekery
Beyonce vs. Michael Jackson - vid - Single Black and White Ladies
Bangarang - vid - found-sound mix from the movie Hook.
Beardyman - vid - 10 minutes of beatboxing AWESOMESAUCE.
BUIRNT NORTON by T.S. Eliot - poem - "At the still point, there the dance is."
The Funny, The Sick, & The WTF:
DC cops can arrest a woman for carrying more than two condoms. GenderFail * SexPositiveFail * STD-Fail = CDCFail.
Guerilla Gardening: did you know that most cities don't have ordinances against people beautifying their unused medians and marginal spaces by gardening in them?
Two Gentleman of Lebowski: if The Big Lebowski was written by William Shakespeare.
Poor Children Likelier to Get Antipsychotics
"New federally financed drug research reveals a stark disparity: children covered by Medicaid are given powerful antipsychotic medicines at a rate four times higher than children whose parents have private insurance."
News, Science, and Items of Interest:
How to Destroy the Book, by Cory Doctorow
"It’s basically a way of saying that copyright is nonsense, and that readers should stop paying attention to it, and only agree to these crazy, abusive licenses."
Celebrity Impact Rankings
"Justin Timberlake’s support for his favored charity is worth $9.3 million. Paris Hilton’s? $538."
True Love Waits... And The Rest Of Us Get On With Our Sex Lives
"I want to express my gratitude that in my world, having sex with someone, lots of times, before you settle down with them for the long haul, is generally considered, not only normal and acceptable, but sensible, obvious, and even self-evident."
Traffic Accidents As Social Interactions Gone Wrong
"The single biggest predictor [of driving-related deaths] was not statewide alcohol problems, safety belt use, number of older drivers or wealth, but the murder rate."
Poetry, Music, and Art:
Deadline - vid - technopop, fun with post-its, geekery
Beyonce vs. Michael Jackson - vid - Single Black and White Ladies
Bangarang - vid - found-sound mix from the movie Hook.
Beardyman - vid - 10 minutes of beatboxing AWESOMESAUCE.
BUIRNT NORTON by T.S. Eliot - poem - "At the still point, there the dance is."
The Funny, The Sick, & The WTF:
DC cops can arrest a woman for carrying more than two condoms. GenderFail * SexPositiveFail * STD-Fail = CDCFail.
Guerilla Gardening: did you know that most cities don't have ordinances against people beautifying their unused medians and marginal spaces by gardening in them?
Two Gentleman of Lebowski: if The Big Lebowski was written by William Shakespeare.
Poor Children Likelier to Get Antipsychotics
"New federally financed drug research reveals a stark disparity: children covered by Medicaid are given powerful antipsychotic medicines at a rate four times higher than children whose parents have private insurance."